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NEPTUNE - Sarah Stern was an aspiring artist when she was killed at 19. Now the arts department at her former high school is raising money for a scholarship in her memory.
Teams comprising teachers from the district's middle and high schools will face off at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the football field at Summerfield Elementary School, 621 Highland Ave., according to an email from Karen Watt, chair of the district's visual and performing arts department.
The scholarships will go to a student or students from Neptune High School who have shown proficiency in fine, visual, media or performing arts and intend to keep studying the arts in college, Watt wrote.
Stern "was an active member in the Arts Department bringing her tremendous talent to any course she took. Sarah loved to draw and was an incredible portrait artist," Watt wrote. "Her sense of humor brought contagious joy to classroom settings and to her friends. Sarah's artistic adventure was cut far too short in December of 2016."
This is the third annual fundraiser and the second time the fundraiser was a flag football game, Watts said. The committee raised $1,000 in 2017 and $1,200 in 2018. Teachers Mary Dansereau, Marisa Montemorano, Alex DiGiovanni, Tammy Lascar and JT Fryer and former teacher Amanda Fitzpatrick organized this year's fundraiser.
Tickets are $2 for students and $3 for adults, Watts said. Those who wish to donate but cannot make the event can send checks or money orders to Neptune High School, 55 Neptune Blvd., Neptune, NJ 07753.
The fundraising committee asked that checks be made payable to Neptune High School with a memo "Sarah Stern Scholarship."
Sarah Stern arts scholarship: Neptune teachers raise money with flag football
Teams comprising teachers from the district's middle and high schools will face off at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the football field at Summerfield Elementary School, 621 Highland Ave., according to an email from Karen Watt, chair of the district's visual and performing arts department.
The scholarships will go to a student or students from Neptune High School who have shown proficiency in fine, visual, media or performing arts and intend to keep studying the arts in college, Watt wrote.
Stern "was an active member in the Arts Department bringing her tremendous talent to any course she took. Sarah loved to draw and was an incredible portrait artist," Watt wrote. "Her sense of humor brought contagious joy to classroom settings and to her friends. Sarah's artistic adventure was cut far too short in December of 2016."
This is the third annual fundraiser and the second time the fundraiser was a flag football game, Watts said. The committee raised $1,000 in 2017 and $1,200 in 2018. Teachers Mary Dansereau, Marisa Montemorano, Alex DiGiovanni, Tammy Lascar and JT Fryer and former teacher Amanda Fitzpatrick organized this year's fundraiser.
Tickets are $2 for students and $3 for adults, Watts said. Those who wish to donate but cannot make the event can send checks or money orders to Neptune High School, 55 Neptune Blvd., Neptune, NJ 07753.
The fundraising committee asked that checks be made payable to Neptune High School with a memo "Sarah Stern Scholarship."
Sarah Stern arts scholarship: Neptune teachers raise money with flag football